. >> lee atwater was a relative and you said a distant crowds discipline he's a very distant cousin and when i was in law school i was able to clerk: that was not only unique but it was fun and informative and he was every bit as energetic as you can imagine. >> he was. >> brian, i want to thank you for joining us today to do the recap of the state of the state. we will have you on again, particularly as we move through this political season, as we talk about the upcoming primary and such. thank you, gentlemen. >> thank you for having us. >> when we come back we will change gears: we just wrapped up national nursing home week, and we are lockets some issues with regards to health care that's one of the areas that was not covered in the governor's state of the state address. we will talk to some folks in we will be right back. >> welcome back to on point, we will switch gears and talk about health care in the rural areas with dr. vickey young and dr. faith. thank you, you guys represent the south carolina primary health care association. we are right there with you, while the governor di

bush has this advisor, lee atwater. he is a south carolina political operative who, interestingly enough -- he is a bulldog. and he comes up with this ad that talks about dukakis's policy that criminals could leave prison for the weekend to visit their families. one of them, willie horton, an african-american man, would leave prison one weekend and murder and rape somebody. what atwater says is, if we can make willie horton a household name, we will win the election. what it is also trying to do is tied dukakis to issues of race, to make him be seen as somebody that will cause african-americans to have too much power. the fear of the black man, right? this is played off for a long time. watch the ad for a second. >> despite a life sentence. horton fled, kidnapping a young couple, stabbing and repeatedly raping his girlfriend. prof. simon: interestingly enough, atwater would die a few years ago. >> [video plays indiscernibly] prof. simon: atwater, i think he had brain cancer, and on his deathbed he would ask for forgiven